1. Analysen und Standpunkte // 2023

    2023

    • Strommarktdesign
    • Deutschland im Standortwettbewerb
    • Gesundheitswesen, Frequenzauktionen

    Die Sorge um die Attraktivität des Industrie- und Wirtschaftsstandortes Deutschland hat dieses Jahr geprägt. Warnsignale…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-070 // 2023

    Do Climate Policies Lead To Outsourcing? Evidence From Firm-Level Imports

    Rising energy prices might lead to adjustments along the supply chain and make firms outsource energy-intensive processes. This could lead to carbon leakage. I provide empirical evidence whether energy…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-069 // 2023

    Is Germany Becoming the European Pollution Haven?

    Relative prices determine competitiveness of different locations. In this paper, we focus on the role of regulatory differences between Germany and other EU countries which affect the shadow price of carbon…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-067 // 2023

    Local Networks and New Business Formation

    New business formation is a key driver of regional transformation and development. While we know that a region’s attractiveness for new businesses depends on its resources, infrastructure, and human capital, we…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2023

    Price Versus Market Share with Royalty Licensing: Incomplete Adoption of a Superior Technology with Heterogeneous Firms

    This article shows that the usual result of full adoption of a superior technology induced by pure royalty licensing may not hold when firms have different production technologies. By modeling a Cournot…

  6. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2023

    Generative AI and deceptive news consumption

    In this paper, we analyze the effects of advancements in generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the news media market. We model a representative consumer who allocates their time between reading news and…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-068 // 2023

    High-Profile Crime and Perceived Public Safety: Evidence From Cologne’s New Year’s Eve in 2015

    This study analyses the impact of a high-profile crime event on perceived public safety. At the 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne (NYE), Germany, refugees allegedly committed over a thousand crimes,…

  8. Gutachten // 2023

    Zur Reform der Transferentzugsraten und Verbesserung der Erwerbsanreize

    Im Koalitionsvertrag wurde vereinbart, die Erwerbstätigenfreibeträge im Bürgergeld und weiteren Sozialleistungen zu reformieren, um höhere Erwerbsanreize für sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung zu…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-066 // 2023

    The Tax Attractiveness of EU Locations for corporate Investments: A Stocktaking of past Developments and recent Reforms

    Tax incentives are a key component of governments’ investment policy mix as they directly impact companies’ tax burden. In this paper, we illustrate the EU’s tax attractiveness as investment location over time…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-061 // 2023

    Big Data and Start-Up Performance

    Big Data (BD) is becoming widely available and manageable. This raises the question of whether Big Data Analytics (BDA) in companies leads to better decision-making andhence performance. Based on a large,…

  11. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-065 // 2023

    Carbon Emission Statements: Balance Sheets and Flow Statements

    Current corporate disclosures regarding carbon emissions lack generally accepted accounting rules. The carbon accrual accounting system described here takes the rules of historical cost accounting for operating…